NBD Nanotechnologies features a new coating solution that renders fingerprint invisible on metal and glass surfaces. Their patented InvisiPrint solution reduces or eliminates the appearance of fingerprints on products such as electronic displays and automotive interiors, among others. The InvisiPrint system is a coating that combines hydrophobic and oleophobic properties, making it unlike any coating solution available today, claims the company. The result of this patented approach is to spread the oil of the fingerprint on the surface. This spreading allows light to pass through the fingerprint undeterred, which makes the fingerprint invisible.
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Wettability reflects the degree of liquid interaction – involving water, oil, dirt, and chemicals – on the surface of products made of glass, metal, plastic, or paint. Manufacturers widely use coatings or additives to enhance or reduce the wettability – i.e., the surface properties – of their products. By precisely altering a product’s wettability, NBD Nano’s solutions dramatically enhance a product’s characteristics and value.
“Most anti-fingerprint solutions utilized today are coatings that, because of their limited ability to change surface properties, only make it easier to clean fingerprints from a surface – not diminish the appearance of a fingerprint from a surface,” said Miguel Galvez, CEO at NBD Nano. “The InvisiPrintTM solution is a completely different and innovative approach that renders fingerprints virtually invisible on the surfaces of metal and glass products.”
NBD Nano’s InvisiPrintTM system is a coating that combines hydrophobic and oleophilic properties, making it unlike any coating solution on the market today. The result of this patented approach is to spread the oil of the fingerprint on the surface. This spreading allows light to pass through the fingerprint undeterred, which makes the fingerprint invisible.
